CEF 1 – Petite-Forêt
VEV – Performance testing track
- 2720m
- 110kph max.
- Power supply :
- 25kV
- 15kV
- 3000VCC
- 1500VCC
- 750VCC
- 3rd rail power supply : 750VCC
PASC 1 – Driveless testing track
- 1798m
- 80kph
- Power supply :
- 1500VCC
- 750VCC
- 3rd rail power supply : 750VCC
- Adjustable bar gauge for adaptation to different rolling stock
VAE – Endurance ring testing track
- 1828m
- 90kph max
- Power supply :
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- 25kV
- 15kV
- 3000VCC
- 1500VCC
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- 750VCC
ERTMS – European Railway Traffic Management System
ERTMS Supervision room
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP 90m
Equipped with :
- Pit on pilotis
- 4 lifting columns 25t
- Crane 10t
- Catenary section on half the hall
- Roof access with lifting platform and lifeline
VES 1 - Technical workshop 120m
Equipped with :
- Pit
- Crane 2,5t
- Plug 750VCC
- Roof access with lifting platform and lifeline
- Catenary section outside hall
FUELING TRACK
Equipped with :
- Pit 15m
- 2 oil pumps
VES 2 - Static test track
Equipped with :
- Catenary section
- Pit 10m
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Catwalks for roof access
- Crane 2,5t
Loading / unloading track
VES 3 - Static test track
Used for storage of trains
VDG - Twist track
- Length 350m
- Radius of curvature : 150m
Track dedicated to non-derailment testing of rolling stock
VDP – Weigh bench
- 288m of concrete track
- Exploitable in static and dynamic mode
VEMS - Concrete testing track for tyre-mounted vehicles
- 650m
- 70kph
- Power supply via guide bars : 750 VCC
- Adjustable bar gauge for adaptation to different rolling stock
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP VEMS
Equipped with :
- 16 lifting columns 3,8t
- Plug 750VCC
- Crane 2,5t
"S" of turning
Storage drawer
Access RFN
CEF1 test track center – up to 110km / hour
Based in Petite-Forêt, close to Valenciennes, at the heart of the region Hauts-de-France, the CEF1 covers a area of almost 50ha and is linked with the National Railroad network (RFN).
CEF1 is perfectly adapted in tests of urban / suburban railroad rolling cars as) subway, streetcar, streetcar-train), equipped with bogie to standard space bogies (1,435m).
CEF1 has also installations allowing to test the on tire cars, as well as the driverless systems.
CEF1 is equipped with a weighing bench and a non-derailment testing track
All types of tension can be supplied, according to two kinds of power supplies
- catenary : 25kV (50Hz/60Hz), 15kV (16Hz⅔), 3000V, 1500V & 750V
- lateral rail : 750V